FAMILY ALCKDINID.E. 



K I N(» FISHERS. 



18'.t 



FAMILY ALCEDINID/E. 



Kingfishers. 



Feet, syndactyle ; toes, four, the middle and outer ones joined, beinj; 

 fastened together for more than half their length. 



C^^ i'.ack, bluish gray ; throat uikI belly, white ; a 

 band of liluish gray on the breast (male) ; 

 underparts, without chestnut browu; sides 

 of the body and a baud on the belly, chestnut 

 (female). 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Cerijlo (ilryon. 

 See No. 3-22. 



